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Pervinca Took · 03-21-2019, 02:15 PM

Lalaith, referring to her siblings Turin and Nienor?

Urwen · 03-21-2019, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Lalaith, referring to her siblings Turin and Nienor?

Yes.

Pervinca Took · 03-21-2019, 02:31 PM

Thought of an idea, and have just come up with this:

See if you remember me!
A friend who lent a hand:
Not a major player
Nor a farer from my land.

Didn't want the limelight
Wasn't even told!
Not a rebel, not a king,
Nor a warrior bold.

Popped in for a little while,
But then I had to go -
Have you all forgotten me?
I think you have, you know!

Galadriel55 · 03-21-2019, 07:12 PM

Nellas? Saved Turin's reputation in Doriath but he didn't evenremember his childhood friend?

Pervinca Took · 03-21-2019, 07:15 PM

Afraid not.

Galadriel55 · 03-21-2019, 08:14 PM

Fatty Bolger? Though seeing as he was arrested he was a bit of a rebel.

Pervinca Took · 03-21-2019, 08:17 PM

Close! 'Not a rebel' was to rule out Fatty, because he led a band of rebels and was put in the Lockholes for it.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 04:06 AM

Farmer Maggot, then?

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 07:52 AM

Not Farmer Maggot. He didn't pop in ... they popped in to him.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 08:18 AM

Folco Boffin?

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 08:40 AM

Correct! Your turn.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 11:07 AM

Here is the riddle which I originally posted yesterday

We were there once
We stood proud on our own
But then darkness crept upon us
And we were cast down

The Great Ones created us
In north and south is where we used to dwell
But we didn't expect
To be torn down by the powers fell

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 11:54 AM

The Dunedain?

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 12:14 PM

Nope.

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 12:45 PM

The Lamps of the Valar?

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Thr Lamps of the Valar?

So fast....

I thought this one would take a while.

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 01:18 PM

'North and south' was a big hint.

Here's another quick one:

Broken, scattered, torn apart?
Yet to the end the story's heart.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 01:24 PM

The Silmarili?

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 01:43 PM

No.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 02:57 PM

The Fellowship of the Ring? (As in, the group itself, not the book)

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 03:23 PM

Yes!

Over to you.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 03:54 PM

Time for another song-inspired riddle

Born from grief
Taught to hate
There is no relief
For someone unable to resist his own fate

Bringer of darkness
Of destruction and ruin
All because of madness
That came from deep within

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 04:12 PM

Voldemort.

Urwen · 03-22-2019, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Voldemort.

Well, technically correct, but.....wrong book.

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2019, 07:03 PM

Well, it *sounds* like Turin.

Urwen · 03-23-2019, 03:52 AM

Nope.

Huinesoron · 03-23-2019, 06:38 AM

Maeglin? 'Born from grief, taught to hate' seems to cut the field down quite a lot - most of the sad parents (Rian, for instance) just sort of moped rather than explicitly raising their kids to be angry.

hS

Urwen · 03-23-2019, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Maeglin? 'Born from grief, taught to hate' seems to cut the field down quite a lot - most of the sad parents (Rian, for instance) just sort of moped rather than explicitly raising their kids to be angry.

hS

Ey, it be inspired by t'is. A perfect song for him.

Huinesoron · 03-23-2019, 11:16 AM

^_^ Isn't it just?

A very quick one:

Quote:

Water claimed the Pillar --
Fire claimed the Tree --
Earth claimed the Star --
-- but Light endured.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-23-2019, 12:58 PM

The drowning of Numenor?

Huinesoron · 03-23-2019, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

The drowning of Numenor?

Correct! I was charmed by the coincidence ("There are no coincidences.") that Numenor has things named for most of the chief sources of light in Arda, and decided to make a riddle out of it. (In hindsight, I should have used Isildur and Anarion to end with 'the Sun and Moon endured'. Ah, well.

)

Over to you!

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-23-2019, 02:05 PM

Tower - Meneltarma?
Fire - Did Ar-Pharazon burn the tree?

Star - well, it's not the island itself. Water claimed that. Was the Star circlet/fillet thing lost?

Light?

Huinesoron · 03-23-2019, 02:20 PM

The Pillar is Meneltarma, the Pillar of Heaven. Sauron had the White Tree burned. And yes, the Star is Numenor itself - pretty sure an earthquake had a part in taking it out (also I didn't want to repeat Water...). Light is just the general principle that the good parts of Numenor escaped.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-24-2019, 02:55 AM

That's actually quite beautiful.

Speaking of which:

Gone to death untimely
Quite a girl of fame:
Feisty, sure! And beautiful?
Or is that just her name?

Urwen · 03-24-2019, 04:02 AM

Vanimelde?

Pervinca Took · 03-24-2019, 04:53 AM

No.

Urwen · 03-24-2019, 05:13 AM

Finduilas?

Pervinca Took · 03-24-2019, 06:50 AM

Nope.

Urwen · 03-24-2019, 07:00 AM

Well, then there is no name which incorporates both 'feisty' and 'beautiful' in it. :/

Except maybe Vana, who is immortal.

And believe me, I've checked the etymology of every single name given to a female character, ever.

Pervinca Took · 03-24-2019, 07:08 AM

It doesn't need to incorporate 'feisty' - that is followed by a 'sure.' It's only 'beautiful' that is followed by a question mark.

03-21-2019, 02:15 PM	#2041
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Lalaith, referring to her siblings Turin and Nienor? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-21-2019, 02:31 PM	#2043
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Thought of an idea, and have just come up with this: See if you remember me! A friend who lent a hand: Not a major player Nor a farer from my land. Didn't want the limelight Wasn't even told! Not a rebel, not a king, Nor a warrior bold. Popped in for a little while, But then I had to go - Have you all forgotten me? I think you have, you know! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-21-2019, 07:12 PM	#2044
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,379	Nellas? Saved Turin's reputation in Doriath but he didn't evenremember his childhood friend? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-21-2019, 07:15 PM	#2045
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Afraid not. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-21-2019, 08:14 PM	#2046
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,379	Fatty Bolger? Though seeing as he was arrested he was a bit of a rebel. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-21-2019, 08:17 PM	#2047
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Close! 'Not a rebel' was to rule out Fatty, because he led a band of rebels and was put in the Lockholes for it. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 04:06 AM	#2048
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Farmer Maggot, then? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 07:52 AM	#2049
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Not Farmer Maggot. He didn't pop in ... they popped in to him. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 08:18 AM	#2050
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Folco Boffin? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 08:40 AM	#2051
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Correct! Your turn. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 11:07 AM	#2052
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Here is the riddle which I originally posted yesterday We were there once We stood proud on our own But then darkness crept upon us And we were cast down The Great Ones created us In north and south is where we used to dwell But we didn't expect To be torn down by the powers fell __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 11:54 AM	#2053
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	The Dunedain? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 12:14 PM	#2054
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Nope. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 12:45 PM	#2055
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	The Lamps of the Valar? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 03-22-2019 at 01:14 PM.

03-22-2019, 01:18 PM	#2057
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	'North and south' was a big hint. Here's another quick one: Broken, scattered, torn apart? Yet to the end the story's heart. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 01:24 PM	#2058
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	The Silmarili? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 01:43 PM	#2059
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	No. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 02:57 PM	#2060
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	The Fellowship of the Ring? (As in, the group itself, not the book) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 03:23 PM	#2061
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Yes! Over to you. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 03:54 PM	#2062
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Time for another song-inspired riddle Born from grief Taught to hate There is no relief For someone unable to resist his own fate Bringer of darkness Of destruction and ruin All because of madness That came from deep within __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-22-2019, 04:12 PM	#2063
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Voldemort. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2019, 07:03 PM	#2065
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Well, it sounds like Turin. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-23-2019, 03:52 AM	#2066
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Nope. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-23-2019, 06:38 AM	#2067
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,894	Maeglin? 'Born from grief, taught to hate' seems to cut the field down quite a lot - most of the sad parents (Rian, for instance) just sort of moped rather than explicitly raising their kids to be angry. hS

03-23-2019, 12:58 PM	#2070
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	The drowning of Numenor? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-23-2019, 02:05 PM	#2072
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Tower - Meneltarma? Fire - Did Ar-Pharazon burn the tree? Star - well, it's not the island itself. Water claimed that. Was the Star circlet/fillet thing lost? Light? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-23-2019, 02:20 PM	#2073
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,894	The Pillar is Meneltarma, the Pillar of Heaven. Sauron had the White Tree burned. And yes, the Star is Numenor itself - pretty sure an earthquake had a part in taking it out (also I didn't want to repeat Water...). Light is just the general principle that the good parts of Numenor escaped. hS

03-24-2019, 02:55 AM	#2074
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	That's actually quite beautiful. Speaking of which: Gone to death untimely Quite a girl of fame: Feisty, sure! And beautiful? Or is that just her name? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-24-2019, 04:02 AM	#2075
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Vanimelde? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-24-2019, 04:53 AM	#2076
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	No. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-24-2019, 05:13 AM	#2077
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Finduilas? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-24-2019, 06:50 AM	#2078
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Nope. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-24-2019, 07:00 AM	#2079
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,381	Well, then there is no name which incorporates both 'feisty' and 'beautiful' in it. :/ Except maybe Vana, who is immortal. And believe me, I've checked the etymology of every single name given to a female character, ever. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-24-2019, 07:08 AM	#2080
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	It doesn't need to incorporate 'feisty' - that is followed by a 'sure.' It's only 'beautiful' that is followed by a question mark. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 03-24-2019 at 07:34 AM.